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N97

N97: Female infertility

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

N97 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for female infertility. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • female infertility associated with:
  • hypopituitarism (E23.0)
  • Stein-Leventhal syndrome (E28.2)
  • incompetence of cervix uteri (N88.3)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • inability to achieve a pregnancy
  • sterility, female NOS

Other codes that can never be billed with N97

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Z98.5Sterilization status

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead N97

5 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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